Charger for magazine fire-arms



(No Model.)

S. J. MIXTER.

CHARGER FOR MAGAZINE FIRE ARMS.

No. 391,811. Patented 00'c.'80 1888.

s, /v, af m; 28. g kfi UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUE L .T. MIX'IER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHARGER-FOR MAGAZINE FIRE-ARMS.-

SPBC'IPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,811 dated October 30, 1888.

A pplicution lllcd March 9, 1888. Serial No. 266,739. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, SAMUEL J. MIX'IER, a citizenof the United States. residing at Bos ton, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Implements for Fill ing Magazines in Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to magazine firearms, so called, especially that class in which a series of cartridges contained within a hollow cylinder or magazine aligned beneath the barrel of the weapon are successively fed to operating mechanism which delivers them into the discharge-chamber. The feed movement of said cartridges from said magazine is effected by a follower and a coiled spring.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved implement by which a series of cartridges can be easily introduced into the magazine and be compelled to follow each other and pass continuously along against the accu-.

mulating power of the spring in the act of filling said magazine. Furthermore, of such an arrangement of parts that the coiled. spring and follower may be employed to discharge the contents of said magazine into the implement if it is desirable to empty said magazine.

My invention consists, primarily, of a hollow tube or a series of tubes adapted to close telescopically upon each other and somewhat larger in diameter than the cartridges which are to enter them; secondly, in connection with said tube or series of tubes of a plunger which is to be somewhat longer than thelength of a tube, or that of the sections when closed one within the other, for purposes whioh will be more fully hereinafter described.

The drawings represent, in Figure 1, a top view in part of a Colt magazine-rifle, show ing loading implement embodying my invention and in its active position. Fig. 2 is a plan of the implement with the plunger in its closed position. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central section of the same with the pl ungcr withdrawn. Fig. 4 represents the relative position of the loading implement with the month of the magazine after the act of filling or prior to the emptying of the magazine, if so desired. 7 The accompanying drawings represent at .A a top view of a Colt magazine-rifle. In this weapon a short piece of the rear portion of the magazine 2 is arranged to swing laterally in order to expose and open the mouth of the magazine, and thereby enable a cartridge or series of cartridges to be inserted within the bore. A spring-actuatedplate,3,located on the side of the breech-block, serves to engage the end of the follower 4 when the magazine is empty and when filled to overlap the rim of the cartridge, but at the same time yields during the insertion of the cartridge to permit of a free passage of the latter within the magazine.

In the ordinary act of filling a magazine in I .since the spring which actuates the follower becomes more and more compressed by the addition of each successive cartridge the introduction of each additional cartridge is attended with greater dilficulty, and the time required for completely filling the magazine is not only considerable,but attended with much effort.

In Fig. 2 I have shown an implement, B, for filling the magazines of fire-arms as above specified; and it consists, primarily, of a cylindrical tube somewhat contracted at its front end and adapted to receive a piston or plunger rod, 6, furnished with a knob or handle, and made somewhat longer than the tube within which it reeiprocates. Its projecting end is indicated at 7 in Fig. 2.

In some instances, and if desired, a single length of tube may be employed, and this can be refurnished one or more times to fill the magazine.

In the present drawings I have shown two lengths telescopically arranged which will readily hold sixteen cartridges. The inner tube, 8, is of a size to freely admit the cartridges and is closed at the rear end, which is bored to permit the plunger-rod to play through it. Said rod 6 is provided witha collar or anenlar g ed portion, 9,, to prevent its withdrawalv entirely.

inner tube is beveled at tbfaeilitate the-entrance of the .eartridges within it, while the bend'12'of' the' 'outer tube, where it iscoutracted, ,-serve's.\- to guide .the; cartridges when passing out. I

A fin or; guide, 13,*secured upon the front end of the tube 8, and engaging in alongitudinal slot, 14,in the-outer tubal-'5, serves to limit the'travel of the tube in either direction,

the rear end of the outer tube being open.

v The projecting; extremity 7 of; the plunger-rod 6' is, adapted. to freely enter'f 'the hereof the magazine. 1

The operation 'of my implementis as follows: The plunger-rod 6is withdrawn from the tube 8. v The latter is retracted from the tube 5 when the cartridges are inserted, asindicated in Fig. 3, until a-suflicient number has been entered. The weapon-is then-placed, preferably, in a horizontal position and the mouth portionof the magazine'2 is swung to I 1 ter. Further advance movement of the tube 8and plunger together will new empty the outer tube, and the entire number of carbridges in the implement will have been almost simultaneously introduced within the magazinc, and but little or no effort is required to perform this act against the accumulated pressme of the spring which actuates the follower. It ismanifest that in the final act of loading the projecting end "of'the plungerrod is in contact with the rearmost cartridge.

means the follower is prevented from cxpel ling cartridges when the closer-plate 3 is de- -pressed by the nose of the tube 5 when said tube is positioned at the mouth of the maga- The.. fro nt'end ofsaid tact with thewe By this i zine. Moreover, the plunger-rod is last in con;

hence, after filling the the implement is withmagazine, the tube 53? drawn, permitting the closer-plate 3 to lift andengage'the rim of the rearmost cartridge. w '5 Escape of the latter is thereby prevented upon withdrawal of theplunger-rod 6, which immediately occurs. Discharging the cartridges from the magazine is. easily effected by reverse movements. the plunger-rod in position home, as shown in Fig. 2-, is placed at the mouth of the magazine. The plunger now holds the cartridges against the pressure of the follower-spring until the closer-plate is fully depressed by the nose of the implement, now aligned with the bore of the magazine. The plunger is now released and the accumulated pressure of the spring within the magazine forcibly expcls the cartridges, which are received within the tube-sections, when the implement .B is removed.

If a single tube is employed, it is evident the contraction at the front end will not be rekquired.

What I desire to claim is-- v 1.-In magazine fire-arms, the combination, with a spring-actuatedfollower contained in the magazine and the closer-plate normally The implement B, with closing the mouth of the magazine, of a filling implement provided with two or more telescopically-sliding tubes and a plunger-rod of a length adapted to project beyond the open end of the implement and enter within the mouth of the magazine, substantially as herein set forth.

, 2. The combination, with the tube 5, contracted at its open end and having alongitudinal slit, 14, of the tube'8, its guide 13,- and the plunger-rod 6, with its-enlarged portion 9,

all operating substantially asherein described.

, In testimony whereof Iaflix my presence of two witnesses:

' SAMUEL J. MIXTER. Witnesses: I

H. E. LOD E,

E. K. BOYNTON,

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